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Apr 2, 2025

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The Burke Library recently hosted “Aurality and Devotion in the Pre-Modern World,” a multi-disciplinary project on Jewish, Christian, and Islamic devotional song that brought together leading scholars from the U.S. and Europe to share and discuss their research.

Mar 31, 2025

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Staff of Avery Classics worked closely with Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. (D.A.P.) and Designers & Books to create a meticulous facsimile of Archigram magazine, copies of which are held by Avery Library and were used to ensure the accuracy of the facsimile.

Mar 28, 2025

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As a reminder, submissions for the inaugural Undergraduate Library Research Award, which recognizes Columbia undergraduates in the sciences, engineering, and social sciences for excellence in their use of library resources, are due on April 21, 2025.

Mar 18, 2025

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The Libraries recently acquired 12 full-text corpus datasets, including the comprehensive Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA), which will help researchers across many disciplines to understand how language is and has been used around the world.

Mar 17, 2025

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A grandfather's diary: The staff of the Burke Library share the papers of Christian missionary and Union Theological Seminary alum Darley Downs with his grandson and great-grandson to explore their family legacy.

Mar 11, 2025

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As important research data, especially those related to key topics like climate change and cancer treatments, disappear from governmental websites, the Libraries' Digital Scholarship team highlights efforts underway to save it, including the Data Rescue Project.

Mar 11, 2025

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The latest installment in the Curatorial Shorts event series will highlight the Latino Arts and Activisms collection, which stewards the archives of Latinos and Latino organizations in New York and other regions, including Dominican-American writer Josefina Báez.

Mar 7, 2025

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The Libraries' Digital Scholarship team recounts recent events held in recognition of Love Data Week, an international celebration of data that included tailored workshops from Libraries staff on data literacy and data tools.

Mar 6, 2025

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A cheerful Chinese sculpture of a child that dates to the Ming dynasty in 1641, held by Avery Library, is now on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the current exhibition, "Recasting the Past: The Art of Chinese Bronzes, 1100-1900."

Mar 5, 2025

In the media

The curator of a Los Angeles exhibit on "forgotten artisan" Manuel Sandoval consulted the Frank Lloyd Wright archives in Avery Library to explore the legacy of the Nicaraguan artist, including his ties to Wright.

Mar 5, 2025

In the media

The New York Times reports that "a sweeping history of Native Americans and a study of the creation of the port of Los Angeles in the 19th century have won this year’s Bancroft Prize."

Mar 5, 2025

In the media

ComicBook.com chats with ElfQuest creators Richard and Wendy Pini who established a "landmark endowment for future comics, collections, and more" with the Libraries' Comics and Cartoons collection.

Feb 27, 2025

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A panel discussion at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, hosted in collaboration with the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, commemorated the 60th anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X and celebrated his friendship with activist Yuri Kochiyama.

Feb 25, 2025

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The Libraries has awarded six Community Engagement Grants to projects that intend to promote library services, enliven library spaces, and engage students and library users in fun and inventive ways.

Feb 25, 2025

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Forbes reports that "Wendy and Richard Pini, the couple behind the long-running ElfQuest independent comics series, are donating $500,000 to Columbia University to endow and conserve the school library’s growing collection of comics, graphic novels, and related prose works."

Feb 19, 2025

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Laptops and chargers, including Dell PCs and MacBook Airs, are now available to students, faculty, and staff to borrow for one-week loan periods from the Digital Humanities Center in Butler Library.

Feb 19, 2025

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"Looking to the stars: 'Celestial Navigation' exhibit opens in Butler Library. Graduate students showcased new works alongside archival navigational and astronomical pieces in the new exhibit," as highlighted by the Columbia Spectator.

Feb 17, 2025

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The Music & Arts Library, in collaboration with the Digital Scholarship team, offers a series of music technology workshops for Spring 2025, designed and conducted by Sound Art MFA graduate students and current Digital Music Interns Ása Ólafsdóttir and Miles Scharff.

Feb 17, 2025

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The Libraries' Open Scholarship Services highlights the most widely-read articles in January from partners in the Journal Publishing program, including research from "Current Issues in Comparative Education" and "Voices in Bioethics."

Feb 15, 2025

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An exhibition in Butler Library, "Inscriptions Unbound: Edward Said’s Library," curated by Joy Al-Nemri, a Columbia alum and scholar in Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African studies, showcases works from Said's personal book collection.

Feb 14, 2025

In the media

The New York Times took to the archives of Avery Library to research "a Philip Johnson house on the market in Newburgh, NY: Wolfhouse, as it is known, was built in the late 1940s and recently restored."

Feb 13, 2025

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Fall 2024 Ask a Librarian Intern Jasmine Zacate reflects on her work with the Libraries, including her thoughts on how best to promote open access publishing programs and her interactions with library users.

Feb 11, 2025

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The Burke Library partnered with the Department of History to host the inaugural "History Happy Hour," facilitated by professors Julie Lillis and Simran Jeet Singh and intended to create a space for in-person and online participants to engage with a given subject matter.

Feb 1, 2025

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Applications are now open for the Undergraduate Library Research Award program, which recognizes undergraduates in engineering and the sciences and social sciences for excellence in their use of library resources and research skills.

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Aurality and Devotion in the Premodern World Project

New Archigram Facsimile to Be Published

Reminder: Undergraduate Library Research Award Submission Deadline

Libraries Acquire Full-Text Corpus Data

A Grandfather’s Diary: The Darley Downs Papers

Data Rescue: A 2025 Update

Historias: Latino Arts and Activisms Collections at RBML

Love Data Week 2025: Final Report

New Life for an Old Friend: Ming Dynasty Sculpture on View at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Forgotten Artisan Behind Frank Lloyd Wright

2025 Bancroft Prize Winners│The New York Times

ElfQuest Creators Wendy and Richard Pini Create Landmark Endowment for Future Comics, Collections, and More

A Revolutionary Friendship: Malcolm X and Yuri Kochiyama

Announcing the 2024-2025 Community Engagement Grants

ElfQuest Creators Donate $500,000 To Columbia University Comics Archive

Butler Library Now Lending Laptops and Chargers

Looking to the Stars: "Celestial Navigation" Exhibit Opens in Butler

Music Technology Workshops and Office Hours: Spring 2025

Most-Read Journal Partner Articles: January 2025

Inscriptions Unbound: Edward Said’s Library, An Exhibit in Butler Library

A Philip Johnson House Is on the Market in Newburgh, N.Y.

Reflections from Fall 2024 Ask a Librarian Intern Jasmine Zacate

Hybrid History Happy Hour

Undergraduate Library Research Award

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Aurality and Devotion in the Premodern World Project

New Archigram Facsimile to Be Published

Reminder: Undergraduate Library Research Award Submission Deadline

Libraries Acquire Full-Text Corpus Data

A Grandfather’s Diary: The Darley Downs Papers

Data Rescue: A 2025 Update

Historias: Latino Arts and Activisms Collections at RBML

Love Data Week 2025: Final Report

New Life for an Old Friend: Ming Dynasty Sculpture on View at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Forgotten Artisan Behind Frank Lloyd Wright

2025 Bancroft Prize Winners│The New York Times

ElfQuest Creators Wendy and Richard Pini Create Landmark Endowment for Future Comics, Collections, and More

A Revolutionary Friendship: Malcolm X and Yuri Kochiyama

Announcing the 2024-2025 Community Engagement Grants

ElfQuest Creators Donate $500,000 To Columbia University Comics Archive

Butler Library Now Lending Laptops and Chargers

Looking to the Stars: "Celestial Navigation" Exhibit Opens in Butler

Music Technology Workshops and Office Hours: Spring 2025

Most-Read Journal Partner Articles: January 2025

Inscriptions Unbound: Edward Said’s Library, An Exhibit in Butler Library

A Philip Johnson House Is on the Market in Newburgh, N.Y.

Reflections from Fall 2024 Ask a Librarian Intern Jasmine Zacate

Hybrid History Happy Hour

Undergraduate Library Research Award